Securing America's Borders

Despite Title 42, thousands fill buses and planes headed for the interior By Todd Bensman as originally published June 1, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies DEL RIO, Texas — When the time came to finally board the idling charter bus, a Cuban named George who illegally swam the Rio Grande two days earlier ran to be first in line and start his new “forever” life inside America. … [Read more...] about Border Conveyor Belt Continues Delivering Border-Crossing Immigrants to Interior America

By Todd Bensman as published May 27, 2022 by Town Hall Media An Ohio FBI criminal complaint from a complex sting investigation alleges that a self-proclaimed ISIS fighter seeking asylum in the Buckeye State, who claimed to have killed “many Americans in Iraq between 2003 and 2006” while operating in a hit squad called “Thunder,” plotted to smuggle up to eight of his brethren over the … [Read more...] about About the Iraqi Asylum Seeker Who Allegedly Tried to Smuggle an ISIS Terrorist Hit Squad Over the Mexican Border

By Todd Bensman as originally published April 27, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas – Having covered the politically taboo threat issue of Islamic terrorist border crossings and even written a book about it, I have long had to contend with ungenerous government agencies that jealously guard all information about it from public disclosure. So few other people could have … [Read more...] about U.S. Government Now Publishing Terrorist Watch List Encounters at American Land Borders

By Todd Bensman as originally published April 26, 2022 by Townhall Media AUSTIN, Texas — In 2018, when President Donald Trump said Islamic terrorist suspects were crossing America’s southern border among Central American caravans — just about everyone with a megaphone called him a fear-mongering, anti-immigrant liar. But the sound of silence is overwhelming now that Democrats are … [Read more...] about About those 42 Terrorists Who Crossed the American Southern Border

Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 50 Summary Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered “enhanced safety inspections” of commercial trucking coming off the international bridges from Mexico in response to the news that the Biden administration would be lifting the Title 42 pandemic-related orders, causing migrant numbers entering the United States to potentially surge to 18,000 a day. Texas … [Read more...] about Parsing Immigration Policy Podcast: Mexican Border States Cry ‘Uncle’, Cut Immigration Deals with Texas

Mexican State of Nuevo Leon will ‘prevent illegal immigration’ on its side of the border, but details are scant By Todd Bensman as originally published April 13, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Greg Abbott’s week-old “enhanced safety inspections” operation at border bridges, which significantly impeded international trade from Mexico, has yielded its first … [Read more...] about Texas Governor’s Unprecedented Trade Disruption Strategy Yields First Fruit

Angry about the coming migration tsunami, Lone Star State is slowing truck traffic from Mexico AUSTIN, Texas – National media went wild over Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s  April 6 press briefing vow that he would bus illegal immigrants to Washington D.C. But they overlooked an Abbott plan I figured in a column would matter much more: “enhanced safety inspections” of … [Read more...] about Texas Hold-Em on Border Bridges

Will the Mexican government or Biden respond to an American state’s move to slow international trade? By Todd Bensman as originally published April 7, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas – In his frustration with White House policies that have unleashed an historic Noah’s Flood of mass migration through mainly Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has responded with … [Read more...] about One of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Ideas May Prove Impactful on Mexican Enforcement of Mass Migration

By Todd Bensman as originally published April 4, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies … [Read more...] about A ‘Silent Mariel’ Airlift from Cuba Underway Just in Time for Massive Phase II of the Biden Border Crisis

By Todd Bensman on March 16, 2022 AUSTIN, Texas — It was inevitable that Ukrainian war refugees would find their way to the utterly besieged American southern border to claim asylum. But it is in the American interest to deny and deter Ukrainians from entering this way. The first Ukrainians to generate any significant international publicity since the Russian invasion, a … [Read more...] about Notes on Ukrainian War Refugees Reaching the U.S. Southern Border